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Georgia Bar Owner Displays N-Word Sign -- Again

Posted 05.03.2012

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Georgia bar owner Patrick Lanzo of Paulding County has made habit of claiming he's not racist, an argument that becomes harder to make each time he de...

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Obama and Racism: Those Who Divide Us

Jess Coleman | Posted 04.17.2012

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Jess Coleman

Reasonable Americans should have no problem recognizing that this unprecedented wave of abusive remarks towards the Obamas derives not from disagreement, but from utter disrespect.

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Palin Responds To Obama Campaign Ad

The Huffington Post | Leigh Owens | Posted 03.13.2012

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Sarah Palin is defending herself against a new Obama campaign ad, claiming that her controversial remarks about the president were taken out of contex...

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WATCH: Video Of Young Obama At Harvard Protest Surfaces

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 03.08.2012

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Before Andrew Breitbart's unexpected death, the conservative blogger and journalist had promised to release video footage of President Barack Obama th...

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Judge Cebull: 'Resign'

Rep. Hank Johnson | Posted 05.06.2012

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Rep. Hank Johnson

There is no place for a federal judge who uses racist, divisive language.

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Federal Judge Admits Sending Racist Obama Email

The Huffington Post | Melissa Jeltsen | Posted 03.01.2012

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Montana's chief federal judge admitted on Wednesday that he forwarded an email comparing African-Americans to dogs and implying that President Barack ...

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John Rudolf

Long Sentence for Man Who Burned Down Black Church After Obama Election

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.23.2011

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A Massachusetts man convicted of burning down a black church out of anger over the election of President Barack Obama was sentenced to nearly 14 years...

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Man Who Threatened To Kill Obama Faces Consequences

AP | By HOLBROOK MOHR | Posted 12.16.2011

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JACKSON, Miss. -- A Mississippi man has been sentenced to 10 months in federal prison for threatening to kill President Barack Obama and to blow up a ...

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Undeniable History

Steven Weber | Posted 12.06.2011

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Steven Weber

Obama's grasp of issues and his management style alone would have been deemed outstanding by any measure if he were a white man rather than black and any assertion to the contrary is disingenuous to say the least.

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Is Racism Actually Worse in the Age of Obama?

Keli Goff | Posted 11.26.2011

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Keli Goff

There are plenty of downsides to racism, but the biggest is perhaps the fear and paranoia it instills in those who have experienced it or seen it up close and personal.

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My On-Again-Off-Again Relationship With White People

Melanie Coffee | Posted 10.25.2011

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Melanie Coffee

It's exhausting to feel like the spokeswoman for your race. Sometimes I have the energy to do it, other times I don't want to be bothered. Many times I think: Why? Why do I have to answer this?

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Broadening Our Conversations

Michael Hanchard | Posted 10.19.2011

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Michael Hanchard

We have been both astonished and frustrated over the years by the isolationist cast of much commentary about the black experience in the United States and racism more generally as an international, rather than national phenomenon.

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Why Blacks Know Race Is A Factor

Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr. | Posted 10.04.2011

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Rev. Dr. James A. Forbes, Jr.

The election of a black president was a seismic disturbance on the Richter scale of consciousness. Could some folks believe that God is disappointed that whites allowed such a thing to happen?

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GOP Rep Apologizes To Obama For 'Tar Baby' Comments

Posted 10.02.2011

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Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-Co.) has apologized for the controversial “tar baby” comment he made on a local radio show last week while discussing Preside...

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James Clyburn Pushes Back On Article About Obama And Race

McClatchy | James Rosen | Posted 07.27.2011

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House Assistant Democratic Leader Jim Clyburn objected Thursday to coverage of his views on the impact of President Barack Obama's race on assessments...

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Bringing Birthers Into the Fold

Silpa Kovvali | Posted 07.03.2011

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Silpa Kovvali

People aren't pointing at the birther issue to rephrase their hatred of the president. They're pointing at the Constitution to hide their xenophobia.

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Loudly Against the Language of Racism

Lorraine Devon Wilke | Posted 06.27.2011

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Lorraine Devon Wilke

The sixties. A memory. I was a young girl flipping through the pages of Life Magazine when my attention was gripped by a stark black and white image. ...

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Our Precious Bodily Fluids: Beck, Soros and Obama

Carlo Strenger | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carlo Strenger

Watching the sad spectacle of Glenn Beck's defamation of George Soros, it is difficult to avoid pessimism about human nature.

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Why We Should Actually Thank Dr. Laura for Her N-Word Rant

Keli Goff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Keli Goff

Actress Carol Channing, who's regarded as white, revealed that her father was part black. How would Whoopi react if Channing greeted her on The View with a boisterous, "What up my ni****?" How black do you have to be to be allowed to say it?

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Phoenix, We Have a Problem...

Randall Amster | Posted 05.25.2011

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Randall Amster

Arizona is merely a reflection America's deeper divisions about race relations. The stain of history has never been fully resolved on these shores.

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Of Teachable Moments

Taylor Marsh | Posted 05.25.2011

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Taylor Marsh

Whatever teachable moment people crave on race, Pres. Obama who stated plainly a long time ago that he's not interested in "the ideological battles that we fought during the '90s that were really extensions of battles we fought since the '60s."

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Did the Obama Presidency Regurgitate America's Deep Racial Divides?

Gil Laroya | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gil Laroya

With Republicans scrambling to try and find ways to regain their stature in Washington, it was inevitable that they would soon be looking to the race card, as a means of churning the coals of America's racist populations.

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Racist Birther Bill Makes Republicans Look Ridiculous

Lola Adesioye | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lola Adesioye

Birthers - those who believe that President Obama isn't a natural born US citizen and have been demanding to see a physical copy of his birth certificate for the past three years - recently got a Birther Bill through the Arizona House of Representatives.

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Political Correctness Run Amok: NAACP Plays the (Hallmark) Race Card

Michele Langevine Leiby | Posted 05.25.2011

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Michele Langevine Leiby

The NAACP is officially irrelevant. That became crystal clear when the 100-year-old civil rights organization put its credibility in jeopardy in a campaign against... a Hallmark card.

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Daniel Cowart Pleads Guilty In Plot To Kill Obama (VIDEO)

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) -- A Tennessee man authorities say is a white supremacist has pleaded guilty to plotting to kill then-presidential candidate Barac...

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